The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-12-17


tocr1~ Anastasia Robinson, Countess OF
Pete 1ough; Miss Fonton. Duchess of
Boltd Miss Farren, Countess Of Derby;
Miss pnton, Countess Of Craven; Miss
Mellol Duchess Of st. Adams Miss Foote.
Count OF Harrington, complete, with
Lady \ *, the list of histrionic peeresses.
OF late ar no marriage OF the kind has
taken u ~ and il Is somewhat curious
circumstance that In no case to-day IS the
holder Of any Of these titles two OF which
are extincD the descendant Of any Of these
ladies.
Hortense bertrand, daughter Of Count Ber-
trand, the most faithfulof Napolcons friends,
is still living in Paris, Shcaccompanicd her
father and mother to St. Helena, The En-
peror taught the little Hortcnse her cate
chsm, and she made her first communion at
the hands the same able who administered
the last sacrament to the dying Napoleon.
Hortense afterward returned with her pa
rents TO France and married M. Thayer a
gentleman Of American extraction. She re-
tains very vivid recollection Of the great
Emperor and has many cases of Napoleonic
relics, especially his silver service. his famous
Waterloo coat. etc.
Dom Piatt, who some years since made
the Washington Capital the most aggressive
newspaper in this country, is living In retire
ment in an Ohio village Of which he Is the
postmaster, with the munificent salary Of
$40 year. Colonel Piatt is about fifty-fye
years old, quiet in his manners, gentle in
conversation, but as he said Of himself, when
he takes his pen in his hand the devil gets in
his ink-stand. He was adjutant on General
schenck's staff during the war, and while
stationed in Baltimore one of his duties was
TO close the Maryland Club.
w. w. Story, the poetscnlptor, has one of
the largest studios in Rome. Eight rooms
are filled with his works, and after viewing
the acres Of mutilated and discolored statues
in the Capitol and the Vatican, it was a posi-
tive relief to see the fresh and perfect works
in Mr. Story's studio. He was the first sculp-
tor TO represent Cleopatra as an Egyptian
queen, and not as Roman matron. Mr..
Story resides in the Barbarini palace and oc-
cupies distinguished position in the Roman
society
Bayard Tuckerman, In 1881, was the only
author in New York according to the city
directory Of that year--that is he is the only
person who had himself put down as an
author, although at that tine Brander Mat
thews, Richard III. Stoddard, f. G. Stedman,
bronson Howard. Oliver b. Bunce, Edgar
Fawcett Frank X. Stockton and other we'll
known authors lived in New York
Henry @. Bunner, the editor of Puck is
quite young man. He began life as clerk
in cotton brokers' Office, but having liter
airy taste he wrote verses, stories, etc, for the
weekly papers, which attracted attention by
NJ az md ..rfrrf al fx .s~L
was started, he was asked to be its editor,
with liberal salary, and gladly exchanged
the counting-room for the sanctum,
Amelie Rives lives almost constantly at
her ancestral home Castle Hill. Albemarle
and her dumb-bells, the clever young au-
thoress Is surrounded by what she best loves.
Art divides her time with literature, she
sometimes spending ten hours at time in
her studio, or else, engaged the same number
Of hours with her pen.
Constance Cary. who was one Of the Rich
mond bellies during the war, and who after
ward married Burton N, Harrison, private
secretary to Jefferson Davis, has been very
successful as a writer of juvenile literature.
She has also taken very prominent part in
New York society, and has quite "A reputation
as manager Of private theatricals,
Ethel Sprague, eldest daughter Of Mrs.
Kate Chase ana granddaughter Of Chief JUS
tice Chase whose intention 10 go on the
stage has recently been announced, is only
eighteen years old. Unlike other fashionable
debutantcs, she does not intend 10 make her
first appearance as star, but TO begin ut the
bottom Of the ladder.
Lord Lytton, whose literary reputation
was made by the poem Of Lucille" resembles
his father in personal appearance, having the
same long face, sad-looking eyes, full straight
beard and prominent nose. His present pO-
sition as minister 90 France is an enviable
one, the government allowing him palace
and $50, 900 salary.
William Black Is thirty-dve years old,
slightly built, with dark, earnest err. and
long brown mustache. He dresses with
faultleas taste, and has nothing Of the con-
ventionnl literary man In his manners and
appearance. lie IL charming talker, but
extremely modest about his successes.
Robert Burns Wilson, the rising Kentucky
poet, began writing verses at an carly age.
and IN now thirty-scvcn years old, and not
twenty, as has been recently stated. His
first volume OF poems will soon be pub
lishcd, with the title OF Life and Love"
Henry Irvingis the most scholarly looking
ofall living actors. lie II as much inferior
TO Booth as an actor as he is superior 10 him
~ manager and master Of stagccrat. The
fault OF Irvings acting In too little
and too much art.
Mathews married one Of Lydia
dnshing blondes, which was the
his interest in the drama. He
OF the French drama, placing
hakspearo In knowledge OF
STYLUS